Carson Cross of UConn is having a great season. He is 6-1 with a 1.49 ERA, 65 strikeouts, and teams are batting .178 against him. He was named AAC pitcher of the week for the second time this season. And Vinny Siena of Woodbridge had nine RBI and scored seven runs in five games last week. Yes, it's baseball season despite what we see and feel when we walk outside. ... Providence College's Kris Dunn of New London and Yale's Justin Sears earned AP All-America honorable mention honors in men's basketball. ... It has been fun to hear Bill Raftery on the lead NCAA Tournament broadcast team. Glad he got the shot. ... And the changes start for the UConn men: Rakim Lubin is transferring. He was 10th in minutes played. ... Chris Mullin is the next St. John's men's basketball coach, according to multiple reports. He is one of the school's all-time best players. Mullin has never coached but is a Hall of Famer who has NBA front office experience. He was a three-time Big East player of the year in the 1980s, sharing the last two with Patrick Ewing. Those were some days in the Big East.

Jimmy Clausen makes his living throwing a football, but he's getting virtual pats on the back for his ultimate catch. The Bears backup quarterback married pro volleyball player Jess Gysin over Valentine's Day weekend, and the new Mrs. Clausen tweeted a...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Panthers announced they've signed free agent running back/kick returner Jordan Todman from the Jacksonville Jaguars to a one-year contract.
Financial details were not released Monday.
Todman, 25, has spent the last three...

The Panthers broke up their Double Trouble backfield tandem when they cut DeAngelo Williams three weeks ago, but that doesn't mean the running back position is going to be a one-man band.
Speaking at the NFL owners meetings last week, Panthers coach...

In a battle of unbeatens, the Lauderdale Lakes Vikings edged the Dillard Panthers 18-12 in double overtime to claim the championship in the recent Miami Dolphins Middle School Flag Football Tournament in Davie.
The Vikings were led by a three-quarterback...

PHOENIX The face of St. Louis football walked the gilded halls of the Arizona Biltmore hotel last week, in double-buckled loafers, a blue plaid suit, aviator sunglasses and a grin.
At the close of last week's annual meeting of National Football League owners, there was no longer any doubt: Stan Kroenke wants to move the Rams to Los Angeles.
On Monday, a league executive briefed teams on Kroenke's plans for a glamorous, 80,000-seat, $1.86 billion stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
Afterward, a group of key...

The Times’ NFL writer Sam Farmer takes a look at the potential selections that teams might make at this year’s draft, which starts April 30 in Chicago:
1. TAMPA BAY – Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State:The Buccaneers have made it clear they’re comfortable with Winston, baggage and all.
2. TENNESSEE – Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon: Mariota isn’t an ideal fit for Titans, who could take a pass rusher here. But somebody might trade up for the Heisman winner.
3....

Alan Ball turns 30 this month but the new Bears cornerback feels like he’s still ascending.
The former Illinois product signed a one-year contract with the team Friday and is expected to compete for playing time on the outside in the new defense after starting the last two seasons for the Jaguars.
Of his 43 career starts, 22 have come in the last two years for the seventh-round draft pick of the Cowboys in 2007.
“I have taken a long road to get where I am,” Ball said. “I...

Jarrett Boykin saw his first NFL game at Bank of America Stadium in 2003, when Ricky Proehl caught the game-winning touchdown against Jacksonville in the opener of the Panthers' only Super Bowl season.
A dozen years later it's come full circle for Boykin, who will play for Proehl, the Panthers' receivers coach, after signing a one-year deal with Carolina on Friday.
But Boykin's final two seasons in Green Bay reminded the former Butler High (N.C.) standout the NFL is a tough business, and the...

The Panthers have claimed offensive lineman Jonathan Martin, the victim in the Miami Dolphins' bullying scandal two years ago, the team announced Friday.
Martin was waived by San Francisco on Thursday after he appeared in 15 games last season, including nine starts at right tackle.
Martin, 25, was Miami's second-round draft pick in 2012 and started 16 games as a rookie.
But he left the team in October 2013 after persistent bullying by former teammate Richie Incognito.
Martin is the second player...